Representation
Competitors must hold a valid passport or be a citizen of the country they are representing.
Each country must select its own team.
There is an automatic invitation for the current World Champion in each class.
Maximum Team Sizes For Each Country
There is a possible total maximum of 40 competitors.
K-1 Surface Men - 6
K-1 Surface Women - 4
C-1 Surface Men - 3
C-1 Surface Women - 2
K-1 Squirt Men - 3
K-1 Squirt Women - 2
C-1 Squirt Men - 2
OC-1 Men - 3
OC-1 Women - 2
K-1 Junior Men - 3
K-1 Junior Women - 2
Wild Cards
Each country gets 8 wild cards with a maximum of 2 wild cards in any one class.
Official Class Status
To be considered an official class there must be a minimum of 8 paddlers from at least
4 different countries.
If there are insufficient numbers to make a complete women's class women are allowed
to compete with the men.
If the totaI number of men and women are insufficient to make a class they compete
seperately in the preliminaries but do not have a final.
Rule Changes
The IRC has the right to change any rule at any time with a 66% majority vote.
Voting Criteria
The number of votes a country has is based on the number of athletes at the previous world
championships:
1-2 athletes: 1 vote
3-9 athletes: 2 votes
10-19 athletes: 3 votes
20 + athletes: 4 votes
Number of votes assigned to each country after 1997 Ottawa Rodeo World Championships:
CAN-4, AL-4, SUE-1, NOR-2, JPN-4, RUS-2, GBR-4, USA-4, NZL-3,
RSA-2, FRA-3, CHI-1, CRC-2, ESP-1, SUI-1, HOL-1.
Format
Wave/Hole Riding
This event counts as 70% of the preliminary score.
Athletes are seeded in heats for the preliminaries based on their country ranking.
The run begins as the paddler crosses the main lateral of the wave and continues until
the time limit or the competitor exits the wave.
Four 30 second rides, top three scores added together, make the competitors' score.
Squirt: to be decided.
Freestyle Through A Rapid
K-1, C-1 and Open Canoe can compete in the Freestyle Through A Rapid event.
This event counts as 30% of the preliminary score.
Combination scoring Hole Riding/Freestyle Through A Rapid
All competitors' scores in the Hole Riding event are added up and the average is taken (?H).
All competitors' scores in the Freestyle Through A Rapid event are added up and the average is taken (?F).
Assuming that DH is larger than DF,
the fraction of DH/D
is multiplied with
each competitor's score of the Freestyle event.
If DF is larger than DH,
the fraction of DF/DH
is multiplied with
each competitor's score of the Hole Riding event.
These transactions normalise the scores of both events.
All normalised Hole Riding scores are then multiplied by 70% and all normalised Freestyle Through A Rapid scores are multiplied by 30%.
Example:
|
Competitor
|
Prelims Pts.
Hole Riding
|
Prelims Pts .
Freestyle
|
|
A
|
100
|
20
|
|
B
|
50
|
10
|
|
C
|
40
|
40
|
|
D
|
10
|
30
|
|
Average score
|
50 (D H)
|
25 (D F)
|
DH > DF, therefore
D H /
D F = 2 :
|
Competitor
|
Normalised Hole Riding
|
Normalised Freestyle
|
|
A
|
100
|
40
|
|
B
|
50
|
20
|
|
C
|
40
|
80
|
|
D
|
10
|
60
|
Application of 70 and 30% and totals :
|
Competitor
|
x 70%
Hole Riding
|
x 30%
Freestyle
|
TOTAL
|
|
A
|
70
|
12
|
82
|
|
B
|
35
|
6
|
41
|
|
C
|
28
|
24
|
52
|
|
D
|
7
|
18
|
25
|
Hole Riding and Freestyle Through A Rapid preliminary scores do not count in the finals.
Squirt does not compete in the Freestyle Through A Rapid event.
Tie Breaking
For K-1 and C-1 in the preliminary rounds, highest score for a single run of all runs in the
hole will break tie.
If the tie remains after formula for the Finals' qualifying position, both competitors will
advance to the Finals.
Tie breaking OC-1: the highest score for a single run of all four runs will break tie.
If the tie remains for the final qualifying position, both competitors will advance to the Finals.
Squirt: to be decided.
There is no tie-breaking formula for the Freestyle Through A Rapid event.
Tie Breaking In The Final
If there is a tie in the Finals for first place for K-1, C-1 or OC-1,
both competitors will have a 30 second Hole Riding run.
The best score wins.
The other competitor automatically places second regardless of their score in the tie-breaking
round.
Squirt: to be decided.
Competition Format
Preliminaries
Wave/Hole Riding and Freestyle Through A Rapid
AthIetes are seeded by preliminary results.
25% of the class up to a maximum of 20 and a minimum of 10 competitors will advance to
the Quarter Finals.
Quarter Finals
Wave/Hole Riding only
Three 30 second rides, best two scores count.
Top 10 competitors advance to the Semi Finals.
Semi Finals
Wave/Hole Riding
Two 30 second rides, best score counts.
For K1 - All 10 do two rides, top 5 go to finals.
Finals
Wave/Hole Riding for title of World Champion
All 5 competitors do one ride, lowest scoring competitor is eliminated.
All 4 competitors do one ride, lowest scoring competitor is eliminated.
All 3 competitors do one ride, lowest scoring competitor is eliminated.
Both competitors left do one ride, the top scoring competitor is World Champion.
Judging
There are 8 judges, with one scribe assigned to each judge.
4 Technical and 4 Variety judges.
As each move is performed, the judges verbally give a point or word to their scribe who
records that number or ticks the box opposite the word.
The judges should be close enough to confer, if necessary, but far enough away to not to
hear each other as they call scores to their scribes.
The Variety judges score the Style points.
4 Technical judges - the high and low score will be dropped and the remaining two
scores are added together.
Process repeated for Variety judges, but the average of the two best Variety scores is taken.
The Technical score is then multiplied with the Variety score and the Style score
( Refer to Scoring Rule )
Point Scoring Moves
Scoring starts when the paddler crosses the main lateral of the wave.
No points for window shading.
4 points
Moves are scored as 180 degree direction changes with three levels of verticality :
Flat: 1 point
Elevated (45 degrees or more): 2 points
Vertical (70 degrees to 110 degrees): 4 points
Scoring Format - Technical And Variety
|
Variety
|
Technique
|
Move
|
Description
|
|
0.25 |
1 |
Front Surfing |
Established on wave at anytime.
|
|
0.25 |
2 |
Back Surf |
Established after a change of direction. |
|
0.25 |
1 |
Flatspin |
per 180, 0.25 only for 2 consecutive linked ends. |
|
0.5 |
3 |
Shuvvit |
180 spin both directions 1 point for each end, the ends must be linked
|
|
0.25 |
2 or 4 |
End |
|
|
0.5 |
2 or 4 |
Pirouette |
per 180° +1 point |
|
0.75 |
3 |
Clean Spin |
Full 360 with max 1 paddle stroke |
|
0.75 |
4 |
Super Clean |
Full 360 with no paddle strokes |
|
0.75 |
2 or 4 |
Blunt |
45° Elevated cross grain, green wave spin, clear of the foam pile |
|
0.75 |
2 or 4 |
Cartwheel L&R |
2 ends both greater than 45° initiating from either end |
|
1 |
10 or 12 |
Splitwheel |
Two ends, at least one vertical, and one elevated (lft/rght or rght/lft) bow or stern |
|
1 |
8 |
Aerial Blunt |
Blunt where boat leaves water at some point |
|
1 |
12 |
Loop |
front or back linked end, one upside down, one right side up |
|
1 |
2 or 4 |
Clean Cartwheel |
One stroke cartwheels, right or left, off bow or stern, 1 variety point |
|
1 |
10 - 20 |
Trophymove |
|
Style Score
This is a subjective score given by each Variety judge following each run.
0, 5 or 10 points are allocated for each ride which results in multiplication of the total
score of this run by 1.00, 1.05, or 1.10, respectively.
The emphasis is on:
Boat control, timing and rhythm.
Use of the wave (more points are given for using all features of the wave/hole).
Artistic impression, choreography.
Freestyle Through A Rapid Event Format
Competitors will start in the left eddy above the wave.
The run will be considered complete when 2 minutes are over or when the competitor
passes a point set by the course designers of the event.
A team of course designers will establish the course and reveal it the morning of
the Freestyle Through A Rapid event.
No practice runs will be allowed after the course is revealed.
The team of course designers will be rodeo paddlers who are not competing in the event.
The team will consist of not less than 1 male, 1 female, 1 K-1, 1 C-1, and 1 Open Canoe
boater
(or comprise to the closet possible formula).
The course designers will set up 4 sections.
The Hole Riding scoring system will be used with the following additional moves:
Rock Splats, Rock Spins, Wave Wheels and Mystery Moves.
8 judges (4 Technical and 4 Variety) will judge the whole event.
Technical judges will judge up to a maximum of technical scores for each of the four sections.
Variety judges will judge over the course or time (2 minutes as above).
Examples of specific moves in Freestyle that are transferred to the Scoring Format :
|
Variety |
Technique |
Move |
Description |
|
0.25 |
1 |
Rock Splats |
Splating a Rock - refer to End |
|
0.25 |
1 |
Rock Spins |
Spinning on a Rock 360° - refer to Flatspin |
|
0.75 |
2 or 4 |
Wave Wheels |
Elevated (>45°) ends over a wave - refer to Cartwheel |
Protests and Disqualifications
If a country or an individual wants to lodge a protest for whatever reason
it has to be accompanied by a US$ 100.00 protest administration fee which is non-refundable.
The NZ Freestyle Kayak Committee will discuss the protest internally and its decision will
be final.
The NZ Freestyle Kayak Committee as organiser of the event has the right to disqualify
competitors if they show bad sportsmanship or unruly behaviour.
